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The Future of Trade & Transaction Reporting: Strategy, Divergence & the Role of Technology

Name: The Future of Trade & Transaction Reporting: Strategy, Divergence & the Role of Technology
Start: 2025-09-25T08:30:00.000+01:00
End: 2025-09-25T10:30:00.000+01:00

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Event Details

Date:	Thursday, 25th September 2025
Time:	8:30am – 10:30am BST
Venue:	Online

Qomply Future of Trade Transaction Reporting Isda the Investment Association Panel

Hosted by Qomply and chaired by former FCA regulator Sophia Fulugunya, this expert in-person panel explores how the regulatory landscape for trade and transaction reporting is evolving - and what that means for investment firms. With insights from Andrew Bayley (ISDA), Christopher Akuwudike (former FCA Regulator), and Jermaine Nooks (Investment Association), the session covers three core themes:

Strategic use of data by regulators and how firms are adapting
Horizon scanning on emerging rules, market divergence, and the future of trade and transaction reporting
The rise of RegTech, its promise, and the risks of relying on it as a fix for upstream issues

This panel discussion will take place in the stunning Members' Room at the beautiful grade-II listed One Moorgate Place in the heart of the City of London. Spaces will go fast, please register your interest below.

Agenda

8.30am to 9am - Networking and light breakfast
9am to 10am - Panel discussion and Q&A
10am - 10.30am - Optional networking

If you cannot see a registration form, please send an email to info@qomply.co.uk. Some browsers prevent the form from appearing.

Members Room Chartered Accountants Hall 2

Members Room Chartered Accountants Hall 3

Qomply helps financial firms achieve accurate, compliant transaction reporting across global regulatory regimes, while streamlining the operational and audit demands of regulatory reporting.

Our proprietary technology combines AI, automation and advanced data analytics to deliver scalable, audit-ready reporting intelligence. Through forensic-level quality assurance and streamlined reconciliation, Qomply helps firms strengthen data quality and reporting accuracy, automate controls, simplify audit processes and lower overall reporting costs.

Our technology provides greater oversight and operational efficiency while reducing the demands on internal teams.

For firms seeking to outsource their regulatory reporting operations, Qomply also offers a fully managed service. Combining our technology with deep regulatory expertise, Qomply Managed Services operates as an extension of, or alternative to, an in-house reporting function. This flexible model enables firms to outsource reporting operations while retaining the option to bring activities in-house as their own capabilities and resources evolve.

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Event Hosts

Andrew Bayley
Senior Director - Regulatory Reporting Transformation EMEA, ISDA
Andrew Bayley joined ISDA in April 2018 as Director for Data and Reporting EMEA. He is involved with ISDA’s engagement in relation to EU and UK regulatory reporting initiatives, such as EMIR and MiFID.

Prior to joining ISDA, Mr. Bayley was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for fourteen years, including within their regulatory reporting team where he was involved in the implementation of several global regulatory initiatives including EMIR, HKMA, MAS and ASIC.
Chris Akuwudike
Regulatory Reporting Specialist, Former FCA Regulator
Chris Akuwudike is a compliance specialist with over 10 years’ of experience across trade and transaction reporting covering MiFIR, EMIR and ASIC.

His career spans roles at the UK Financial Conduct Authority, consulting firms, and both buy- and sell-side firms, giving him a well-rounded perspective on regulatory expectations and industry implementation.
Jermaine Nooks
Investment Operations Policy Lead, Investment Association
Jermaine Nooks is the Investment Operations Policy Lead at the Investment Association. He is responsible for leading the IA’s work on post-trade operations, with a particular focus on trade and transaction reporting. His role includes coordinating the Investment Operations Committee and engaging with members, regulators, and wider industry stakeholders to support operational policy development and best practice.

Jermaine has over 14 years of experience in investment operations and regulatory policy. Prior to joining the IA, he held a role at EdenTree Investment Management, where he worked across a range of operational and regulatory initiatives.
Sophia Fulugunya
Director Transaction Reporting
Sophia oversees Qomply's transaction reporting division ensuring the quality of Qomply's comprehensive rules engine and delivery of exceptional solutions to over 70 investment firms across UK and EU.

Sophia spent six years at the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) where she specialised in MiFID II Transaction Reporting within the FCA Markets Reporting Team (MRT) team. Before joining the FCA’s Markets Reporting Team at the FCA, Sophia spent two years as an MI associate within the FCA's Enforcement division.